NIKKEI FORUM

Professional Experience

Apr. 2025 – present	Senior Managing Executive Officer Deputy Group Chief Sustainability Officer Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Managing Executive Officer Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Managing Executive Officer Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

October 2008 – March 2025, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Oct. 2024	Special Advisor to the President
Oct. 2023	Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
Feb. 2021	Vice President
Apr. 2020	Deputy Director, Ogata Research Institute
Apr. 2018	Director General, Global Environment Department Head, Office of Climate Change
Sep. 2015	Chief Representative, France Office
Oct. 2012	Deputy Director General, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department
Jul. 2011	Advisor to the Department and Director, Division #5, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department
Oct. 2010	Director, Division #3, Southeast Asia #1 and Pacific Department

October 1999 – September 2008, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Mar. 2008	Senior Economist, Development Policy Group, JBIC Institute Advisor, Climate Change Office, Development Assistance Strategy Department
Jul. 2005	Senior Economist, Development Policy Group, JBIC Institute
Dec. 2003	Manager, Operations Strategy Division, Development Assistance Strategy Department
Apr. 2002	Manager, Group #3, Development Assistance Department #1
Oct. 1999	Manager, Operations Strategy Division, Development Assistance Strategy Department

April 1989 – October 1999, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund, Japan

Apr. 1998	Deputy Director, Project Monitoring Division, Project Development Department

Education

Dec. 2017	Master's Degree (EMBA), HEC Business School, France
Jul. 2009	Doctorate (Development Economics) National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Jun. 1993	Master's Degree (MPA), Princeton University, USA
Mar. 1989	Bachelor's Degree (Economics) Keio University, Japan US Certified Public Accountant (CPA)